Bring Census research into a focused Telegram poll
Pair a data point with one clear question so your team can respond without switching tools.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Send Poll
Send a native poll to a telegram chat using the bot api.
Why this helps
A research finding may raise a practical question, but collecting quick input often means opening another tool and restating the context.
- Ground a team question in the requested Census result.
- Collect responses as a native Telegram poll.
- Keep the finding and discussion in one conversation.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Census bureau and Telegram once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, or tell Notis in plain language from any channel.
- 3In one instruction, retrieve the specified Census result and create a Telegram poll with a question and answer choices grounded in that result.
- 4Choose a webhook trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real request and confirm the poll wording and choices are suitable.
Questions about this workflow
Does the workflow decide what my team should do?
No. It can frame a poll around the requested data, but the decision and poll options should reflect your intended discussion.
What if the data does not support proposed answer choices?
The instruction should require choices that do not claim more than the returned data supports. Supply the choices yourself if they depend on internal context.
What starts the workflow?
A Notis webhook request starts it. Census bureau does not provide a trigger event in this integration context.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Census bureau to Telegram. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Census bureau triggers
Telegram actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Answer Callback Query
Use this method to send answers to callback queries sent from inline keyboards. the answer will be displayed to the user as a notification at the top of the chat screen or as an alert.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Delete Message
Delete a message, including service messages, with certain limitations.
Edit Message
Edit text messages sent by the bot.
Export Chat Invite Link
Generate a new primary invite link for a chat; any previously generated primary link is revoked. the bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the appropriate administrator rights.
Forward Message
Forward messages of any kind. service messages can't be forwarded.
Get Chat Info
Get up to date information about the chat (current name of the user for one-on-one conversations, current username of a user, group or channel, etc.).
Get Chat Administrators
Get a list of administrators in a chat. on success, returns an array of chatmember objects that contains information about all chat administrators except other bots.
Get Chat History
Get chat history messages. note: this uses the getupdates method with specific parameters to retrieve historical messages.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Census bureau and Telegram, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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